From Foe to Friend: A US-Vietnam Strategic Partnership
In 1975, with the fall of South Vietnam to the North, the United States’ presence in Vietnam finally came to an end. For years after, memories of that disastrous foreign adventure haunted Americans, the desire of “not another Vietnam ” weighing heavily over its foreign policy.
It took the decisive victory over Saddam Hussein during the Persian Gulf War f…
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